Machine for shaving and breasting the heels of boots and shoes



(Model) B. J. TAYMQAN.

Machine for Shaving and Breasting the Heels of Boots itmsses and Shoes.

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BENJAMIN J TAYMAN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO GEORGE E. P. FLAGG, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

MACHINE FOR SHAVING AND BREASTING THE HEELS 0F BOOTS AND SHOES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 238,456, dated March 1, 1881.

Application filed December 1, 1880. (ModeL) To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, BENJAMIN J. TAYMAN, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented a Combined Machine for Shaving and Breasting the Heels of Boots and Shoes, of which catch, 10, which enters a hole in the bottom of invention the following is a specification.

In the annexed drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation, and Fig. 2 a plan, of the complete machine. Fig. 3 is a side elevation, partly sectional, of a portion of the machine, partly broken away. Fig. 4 is a front elevation of a portion; Fig. 5, a section on the line was, Fig. 6; Fig. 6, a section on the line 3 y, Fig. 5; Fig. 7, a section on the line z 2, Fig. 1; Fig.8, a section of the cutter j and shield q. Figs. 5, 6, 7, and 8 are on an enlarged scale.

Similar letters designate similar parts in the several figures.

a, Fig. 1, is a column supporting the hollow bed-plate b and overhanging arm 0, together constituting the frame of the machine.

(1, Figs. 1, 3, and 4, is a dovetailed slide, which carries the last-holder c. Fig. 3 shows the boot or shoef, and the former g is shown in Fig. 4.

h is an adjustable pivot for holding the heel while it is subjected to the action ofthc cutterj.

'6, Figs. 1 and 3, is a handle for turning the last-holder when the heel is in contact with the cutterj. The cutterj revolves on a spindle, is, which is mounted on the crane m. The cutter j derives its motion from the belt a, which passes under the friction-pulleys 0 and 19, Fig. 2, and to a driving-pulley. (Not shown.)

A loose shield, q, (shown on an enlarged scale in Fig. 8,) is located on the spindle 70 below the cutterj, and is made a little larger in diameter than the lower part of the cutter j, as shown, to protect the counter of the boot or shoe from injury while the cutter j is shaving the heel. This shield (1 rolls in the randseam in a direction opposite to the direction of motion of cutter j.

r is a roller rotating on the spindle s, which is adjustable and held in position by means of the sct-screw t, Figs. 1 and 4. This roller is used to regulate the depth of cut when the counters are free from raised seams; but when the surface of the counter is uneven the roller r is drawn in out of the way and the set-screw a, Fig. 4, is adjusted so that its end traverses the edge of the former g, and thus regulates the depth of cut of the cutter j. The roller 1 is preferably made of rubber or other elastic flexible material to avoid any liability to mark 5 5 or injure the upper.

c, Fig. 3, is the projecting head of a springthe slide d, in which hole the catch to rests when the last-holder is directly below the adjustable pivot h. When the catch to is pressed down it releases the slide (1, allowing it to be moved back under the breasting-knife a, Figs. 1 and 3, which knife is attached to a shank, b, which shank passes through a movable sleeve, c, which is confined by a set-screw, d, Fig. 5.

c, Fig. 5, is a handle attached to the sleeve 0 for turning this sleeve and knife to the angle required for right and left boots and shoes without turning the boot or shoe.

f, Fig. 3, is an adjustable rod working through a hole in the frame 0 against the gib g, which enters the recess h, Fig. 7, in the rear end of the dovetailed slide d, and thus holds the heel in a proper position to be breast- 7 5 ed, and when adjusted for a shoe of any certain size answers for all others of like size.

6, Figs. 1, 2, and 3, is a handlever attached rigidly to the shaft j, Figs. 1 and 3, which passes through the bed-plate b, and which carries a cam, 70, (best shown in Fig. 4,) located within the hollow bed-plate b. The stem m, Figs. 3 and 4, of the last-holder e carries a friction-roller, a, which rests on the cam is. When the lever i is thrown up the heel of the boot or shoe is brought into contact with the edge of the breasting-knife a.

19, Figs. 2 and 5, is an adjustable sliding stop, the front end of which is in contact with aflat space formed on the exterior of the movable 9o sleeve 0. When the stop 10 is square with said flat space, as shown in Fig. 5, it is in the position required for breasting straight work; and when said stop 19 is set back the sleeve can be turned to the right or left, more or less, as required, for breasting the heels of right or left boots and shoes.

I am aware that there is no novelty in arranging heel-breasting machinery so as to cut straight heels, rights, or lofts, and I therefore IOO make no claim to such machinery, broadly.

I claim- 1. The crane m, rotary cutter j, pulleys o and 19, mounted on said crane, belt a, and-the roller 0', in combination with the last-holder 0, provided with the handle 6, for shaving the heels of boots and shoes when the surfaces of their counters are even, substantially as set forth.

2. The crane m, rotary cutter pulleys 0 and 19, mounted on said crane, belt n, and last-holder 0, provided with the handle 1', in combination with the set-screws u and former g, for shaving the heels of boots and shoes when the surfaces of their counters are uneven, substantially as set forth.

3. The adjustable pivot h, the last-holder 0, provided with the handle i, the slide (1, adapted to move on a suitable Way, I), and the springcatch 10, in combination, for controlling the [5 boot or shoe while its heel is being shaved, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination of the sleeve 0, the breasting-knife a, and its shank b, the lever i, cam k, roller n, and stem m of the lastholder, constituting a device for breasting the heels of straight or right or left boots and shoes, substantially as set forth.

BENJ. J. TAYMAN.

Witnesses:

J. HOWARD BING, J OHN A. WIEDERsHEIM. 

